School board member: “You get what you deserve.”

The TU just spoke with school board president Maxine Brisport and board member Gary Farkas for their reactions to the verdicts of Steven Raucci. Here’s what they had to say:

School board president Maxine Brisport said she’s ready to move the district away from the slew of negative press surrounding the Raucci trial. “I think its moving away from the negative climate that we’re in,” Brisport said.” With each positive outcome we’re getting its one step further to where it needs to be.”

The school board president wouldn’t elaborate on the future of Superintendent Eric Ely, but said she has faith in the court system to deal with the matter accordingly.

“Our community members were just shocked and astounded at some of the information revealed at the trial,” Brisport said. “We’re going to have a discussion on how to move forward, and I trust the legal system an the courts. I’m doing what I should be doing to ensure that all our students receive the best academic outcome.”

School board member Gary Farkas said he was relieved to see the ordeal over for the school district. “The district will move on, and we’ve learned from this and won’t let it happen again,” Farkas said.

The school board member was personally mentioned in several e-mails written by Steven Raucci, calling Farkas a derogatory name. “If the jury said he did these things, you get what you deserve,” Farkas said.